Suspensory bandage



Jan. 7, 1930. E2. KLEIN SUSPENSORY BANDAGH Filed Aug. 29. 192"! Patented Jan. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SUSPENSORY BANDAGE Application filed August 29, 1927, Serial No.

This invention relates to suspensory bandages, more particularly those intended for use by athletes, and consists more particularly in this, that for forming the bag a triangular piece of material, for instance, made of soft tricot fabric, having slightly outwardly curved side lines, is used, which is bordered by elastic bands, such that the two elastic bands which converge towards the bottom to a ish are sewn to the piece of material while they are under tension, so that, on the elastic bands contracting again, a bag is formed, which by bulging out adjusts itself to the scrotum and acts as a soft support for the same. In contradistinction to the known suspensory bandages having non-yielding edges or having elastic thigh bands crossing each other intermediately of their ends and attached to the edges of a filler piece of elastic 2o material without being tensioned during their attachment, in the suspensory bandage, according to the present invention the elastic marginal binding of the triangular piece of material The elastic bands attached under tension to the sides of the piece of material may be extended so as to form bands passing round the thighs. The top edge of the triangular piece of material forming the bag is attached to the body belt, also made of an elastic band, to which the ends of the side bands, which are preferably extended beyond. the said top edge are also attached.

tional example of the according to the present invention is shown, Figure 1 being a front view, and Figure 2 a View of the triangular piece of material spread out flat.

To the body belt a, consisting of anelastic band, the triangular piece of material I), made of soft tricot fabric, and forming the bag, isattached by sewing along its upper edge. The two edges ofth'e piece of material b, which converge downwards to a point an are being sewn together.

, forming the bag will cause the lat-- 25 ter to adapt itself very perfectly andsoftly.

In the accompanying drawing, a construcsuspensory bandage are somewhat outwardly curved, are sewn to the elastic bands 0, cl, the saidelastic bands being suitably tensioned,while the parts The elastic bands r 16,271, and in Germany September" 6,. 1926.

0, (Z, are extended beyond the upper edge of WILHELM JULIUS the piece of material 5, and havetheir ends attachedto the body belt'a. They act at the same time as bands passing round the thighs, and are for this purpose extended beyond the point of the piece of material I), and have their otherends attached to the body belta.

What I claim is 1. A combination-a body belt, a triangular pieceof elastic woven material capable of forming a bag to suspensory bandage comprising in support thescrotum and elastic thigh 7 bands attached at one end to said body belt 1 and sewn under tension to two edges of said triangular piece of material which converge downwardly to a point, said elastic thigh bands extending upwardly beyond the upper edge of the triangular piece of material, and having the extended portions attached to said belt, as and for the purpose set forth. 7

2. A suspensory bandage as set forth in claim 1 in which the'upper edge of the triangular piece of materialis sewn to the body belt parallel to the latter and theportions of the elastic thigh bands extending upwardly beyond said upper edge areattachedto the.

body belt only at their ends, as and for the purpose set forth.

' In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

. v EMIL KLEIN. 

